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word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. we are tracking deadly hurricane milton as it hammers the state of florida. the storm made landfall hours ago as a dangerous category three digit near siesta key. it was downgraded to a category to dig it. federal and state officials urged residents to shelter in place as the storm continues to unleash dangerous conditions. two people have been confirm that as a result of the hurricane. let's bring in our meteorologist with the latest on the storm. what do we know ? >> we went through eight tornado outbreak and it may have taken some lives. we have the landfall with historic storm surge taking place at this hour. sarasota southward down to
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naples. there's water in all the downtown areas as we speak. naples crested and starting to receipt what it will take a while because high tide is on its way. we've had and epic amount of rain. tampa missed out on the storm surge. that's great but they have had an incredible rain event in we know there are water issues. st. petersburg picked up 16 inches of rain with the storm. in one hour from 8:00 to at 9:00 there were five inches of rain. we consider that innate one in 1000 year reign rates. we will track this south of i- 4. will have incredible rainfall rates and still a category 2. people are losing power in central for in northeast florida where we have intense wind gusts. here's the radar. lack light is the center of the storm. just to the north on i-4 torrential rain. the backside has been incredible. we've had 100 to mile-per-hour
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wind gusts. this one has incredible punch on the backside. you can see these bright red and yellow. these are bringing down very strong wind gust from st. petersburg to sarasota. going through i-4, that's what we will see power outages. we've got the high risk of flash flooding. the entire state of florida has wind gust now in excess of tropical storm forces and getting the hurricane gusts in central florida. st. petersburg at 91 mile-per- hour. what a day. almost 100 per hour mild winds and 16 inches of rain. daytona beach with hurricane north gusts. this will cause damage and power outages. we will have some storm surge here with the water blowing into volusia county northward to st. augustine. punta gorda gusting at 71. the high's gusts we've seen was
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the 102 in sarasota. this was the latest from the hurricane center. still a category 2. we think it will exit the coast around 7:00 and fly across the state. tomorrow the storm will be mostly over for everyone. first responders can get out at first light and we can see how bad the damage is and who needs the most help. 17 tornadoes that were reported. the one around vero beach was severe. a tornado we would get in the springtime. no more tornado watches because they've been drop. the storm is making its way through the heart of florida. >> thank you. we will check within dish with you later. let's bring in jessie kirsch from sarasota, florida. what's going on there ?
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>> reporter: we are still in the eye wall. conditions are spreading out. these powerful wind gusts are coming through but with less frequency and more gaps in between them. let's look at this side. a shed here and the siding that's ripping and you can hear clanking and parts of that have been scraping across this parking deck and creating a mess. we've seen some medal take flight off of that. you can see the water shooting off this parking deck where we are for cover. down below it's receiving but we have feet of storm surge water. so much so i can feel and taste the seawater as if i were at the beach. we all know that feeling. you feel and taste the sand because of the seawater.
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you can taste the salt. that's what we are feeling. it's not the rain below us. a lot of seawater. want to talk you where we are. you can see with the exception of the wind on the corner, we've got insulated walls in this parking garage. that was a deliberate choice we made for the storm. this is less than two weeks when helene made landfall. people have been cleaning out their homes which have been ravaged. i saw waist high water lines in some areas. couches, mattresses, picture frames, food has been on people's lawns. as a result, there's a lot of debris that could not be cleaned up in time and blowing in the air. take a look at down below. we've got water on this site and water in the main street. you can see the reflection and the few lights still available downtown. we have power outages and the big wind gust coming in now. you can see a camera shaking. you can see over the edge and the trees with in the water moving. that is the power of the winds
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coming through. even well past the time when the eye wall started moving in. that's why were in a parking garage instead in the elements. we are in the garage because it's elevated. the storm surge below which is feet of water and doesn't come in slowly. it can be deadly. we need to make sure were elevated but also the added debris concerned because of the leftover from hurricane helene. let's get back to our main position. that gives you a sense what we are contending with we are prepared to sleep in this garage. we are not sure we can get back to where we have rooms in the area. i want to point out because this is so soon after helene, there seems to be a different sense about preparation. more people were getting ready faster. we had a harder time finding gas cans. we always get supplies but more people were getting stuff sooner. i spoke with the mayor in
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sarasota and she told me because helene had hit harder than other storms in the area, it seemed like more people were taking this more seriously in a different kind of way. we are seeing that reflected in the numbers. the sarasota county had close to 10,000 people at the shelters. so many people at some shelters they had to move them to other shelters. it is the highest volume of people they've had in the shelters in the history of them bringing people in during an evacuation. >> for you, you covered helene two weeks ago. you were in perry, florida when we spoke. how does it feel tonight versus when you were close to the eye of that storm ? >> reporter: for me, the amount of time we are seeing the stronger winds seems to be a longer duration. i also feel the wind gust are not as strong compared to what we saw with helene. i will defer to bill and our friends in the climate unit for
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the exact stats. when this storm made landfall, when milton made landfall, it was a category 3 hurricane and helene was category 4. that refers to the miles per hour behind the wind gusts. that doesn't mean it's a less powerful storm. we know at one point or a few points milton was a category 5 storm. eight gnarly hurricane out in the gulf. what we are seeing in terms of storm surge is the biggest concern in terms of a threat to life during a hurricane. it's not impacted or lessened because it made landfall as a category 3. when you have that category 5 strength, that influences the storm surge. we are seeing as far as the threats to human life, that will be greater. in terms of what i've been witnessing, the winds were stronger where i am. it's hard to do a complete
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comparison. we take an extra shelter from the storm because of the added concern of the debris that was already out. that's a variable we truly don't know the impact it will have yet. one county official i spoke with in manatee county north of here was worried about the possibility that could impact first responders ability to help people as quickly as possible in the aftermath of the storm. here in sarasota, police are off the streets. >> looking at that rain behind you, there's moments like it's buckets coming down. is the rain behind you coming from the sky or off the side of the building ? it looks like we see wind and water is coming down. >> reporter: you can see a few drops coming off the top of the parking deck. we are not at the top. there are levels above us. you're getting a combination and our lights are hitting this. there is rain that is pouring down as well and moving
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sideways. it's kicking off and not just the water off here. it's hard to have a full read how much rain is falling. it's not the pounding rain right now. i would be getting soaked if it were the pounding rain. the story right now is a lack of visibility from what rain there is caused by the whipping winds and the standing water. >> thank you. please stay safe where you are. let's bring in transportation secretary pete buttigieg. thank you for being here. this is a busy and were some night for everyone. we got the latest update. cleanup efforts from helene were barely getting underway and now florida's gulf coast is being brutalized again. what is the administration doing to help ? >> there's an increased focus on having those early
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assessments start to come in and when the sun comes up tomorrow really more and more of that recovery phase. the administration has been preparing for this for days. the faa has a field incident response team pre-position in jacksonville ready to help with steps that would bring airports back online and address anything else that needs attention on the aviation side. there are examples across the administration as we have thousands of personnel and hundreds from our department both involved in the recovery from helene in preparation for milton that will now involve into recovery efforts. from the transportation perspective, we are looking at surface, air and sea. each one has its own dynamic. on the surface side, we are looking arose and bridges and get the damage assessments in the morning and get a sense with the most immediate needs are. with regard to aviation, it's about making sure that emergency operations are able to fly and then see normal
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aviation restored at the airports as soon as possible. the maritime side. they are focused on conditions for tampa bay. the one port accounts for 40 % of the fuel serving the entire state of florida. we want to see indications of the conditions of the port to get a sense how quickly that can be wrought back online and back to normal. >> we all wish it was not a problem. misinformation has become a huge one in the wake of hurricane helene. i want to share a bit of president joe biden speaking earlier today about the misinformation problem. >> former president donald trump has led this onslaught of lies. properties are being confiscated and that's not true. they are seeing people impacted by the storms receive $750 in cash and no more. that is not true either.
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they are saying money needed for these crises are being diverted to migraines. what are they talking about ? marjorie taylor greene, congressman from georgia saying the federal government is controlling the weather. we are controlling the weather. that's beyond ridiculous. it's so stupid. it has to stop. >> it's ridiculous, it's stupid but most importantly it's dangerous. how dangerous is this misinformation coming from public officials ? >> in an emergency you need good information just like you need water and power in transportation. the only way to deal with these lies and false things being put out is to confront them directly, forcefully and head on as president joe biden did today. i will say what we see these incredibly irresponsible voices harming hurricane victims with their lies, there have been partisan responses to that. a lot more responsible voices in the republican party saying
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the same things that president joe biden is doing about what the truth is. we need to make sure that credible voices come through. trusted sources come through whether were talking about fema or local voices like mayors, police and fire departments and other responders. if those lies are allowed to hang out, that does lead to harm. imagine if someone hears that false statement that $750 that is the first finding the fema gets to people to help them with immediate needs like food, water and diapers. if someone hears the message that's all they will get and believes it, they may never access other finding they can and should get. that's one example of how someone can be harmed by this. we hear some of the more outlandish suggestions. i don't know where to start on this weather control from one member of congress.
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as wild and wacky as that sounds, people may be inclined to take it seriously when a congressperson says so. in the conversations i've been having with republican and democratic mayors, senators, governors, it's not political. you would never know listening into our conversations which ones were people who were the same political party as i am and which ones were not. most serious people in all people of goodwill just want to work together to get things done. >> thank you for joining me tonight. when we returned, breaking news coverage continues. a close look what's happening on the ground. will talk to stephanie god's in tampa. fema rushes to combat for the dangerous storm and dangerous misinformation. he talked to a former fema administration how the lies are hurting the agency and americans. the 11th hour just getting
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a presidential election is always incredibly high-stakes. . back door breaking news coverage of hurricane milton hitting florida. flash flood emergency has been issued for tampa north of where the storm made landfall earlier tonight. let me bring in nbc's stephanie gosk in tampa. glad you are safe. sru earlier in some major winds and rain. what's going on right now where you are ? >> reporter: for hours now,
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tampa may have missed that historic and potentially catastrophic search we were talking about a few days ago. the city has not escaped this storm in any way. for hours now it's been heavy rain and heavy wind gusts. 70, 80 miles per hour. even stronger in st. petersburg. the rain has been coming down at times to to three inches an hour. we've been watching water around us rise. water gathering on the streets. this is an area after being hit by hurricane helene already inundated with water and surge from that storm. now being hit with a different type of strong storms, wind event and rain event. now, they have to recover from both storms. >> thank you.
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stay safe. there are a lot of ice on fema as it response to helene and prepares for what devastation milton will leave behind. let me bring in the former administrator for fema. he served as director of the floor emergency management division. i'm glad you are with us tonight. unfortunately, more and more people are confused who fema is and what they do. what is the first thing fema will do once the storm passes ? >> work for the governor. that's the thing people keep confusing. fema is not the initial response. it's the governor of the state and local officials. fema deployed 14 of their rescue teams that will be going out as the state directs them. fema has personnel in the center and bringing supplies and coordinating with federal agencies. the initial response is the responder for fema supporting that. as they get a sense how bad and
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where the heavy hit areas are, i would mention the governor will ask for more assistance from fema from the president. fema will work to administer that. it's important people understand fema is not the initial response. fema supports the governor and some of the teams are part of that. they are designed to work part of the state team. >> we saw fema and the biden administration be very public with their warnings for people who live in the storm's path. what did you think how they handle that part of the crisis. it's a difficult balance in getting people prepared, getting them out of the storms eye but not getting people overly panic and risk losing their trust. >> sometimes i think we worry about panicking people. getting them to move to higher ground to keep them alive was the message. it's a message from mayors to the governor to the white house.
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it is that we are all competing. it's we work as a team. you heard the same message from the mayor of st. pete, hillsborough county, tampa to governor desantis to the president. it's all about keeping people safe, giving them good information to make informed decisions. as we are in the storm, it's important people stay home and off the roads. this is still a dangerous storm moving through the area. as conditions improve on the west coast, those respond agencies will start responding and getting out and checking on people instead with the damage looks like. >> donald trump has spread all kinds of lies in the last few weeks but specifically about fema and its response. for fact sake, president joe biden like what president donald trump claims did not take fema relief money and spend it on migrants.
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donald trump did when he was in office. can you help us understand. fema has a hard job. i have to imagine that these lies make it harder. >> from the standpoint of the finding, congress is pretty strict on what they allocate money for. fema cannot just move money around. they can't use money on disaster relief fund that funds disasters to use the something else. congress watches that closely. when i was the fema administrator, the committee staff were looking every time we were spending money to make sure where it was going, what was going toward and we were not using money were not authorized to use. this is to many people. the speaking to an audience. talking about these people who've been affected by disasters, all that window is help is coming. i think you're talking to an outside audience. think how many people are losing power and won't hear
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this message. same thing with helene in the mountain areas. much of the conversation they did not hear it. if they got a radio, they may have gotten it on the radio. they were almost down to no communications. a lot of this noise is directed outside the disaster for a different audience. we have to be careful we don't confuse the people we are trying to help or cause them to think there's not help coming because of that noise. >> especially the only audience that truly matters are those people who need help. thank you for what you do and thank you for joining us tonight. we will have an update from a top meteorologist at the national hurricane center on hurricane milton's path when the 11th hour continues. hour c.
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we are tracking hurricane milton in florida after it made landfall in siesta key earlier this evening. i want to bring into the deputy director of the national hurricane center. what can you tell us ? >> unfortunately some of the hazards we were predict thing have unfolded as expected. milton is south of lakeland, florida. it's to the east of the tampa bay area. maximum sustained winds at 105 miles per hour for an inland storm. that's pretty impressive. what is happening is really
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impressive. this heavy rain develop on the north side impacting the i-4 corridor of florida. that's the interstate that extends from tampa to orlando. these red areas that are flashing on the screen indicate were flash flood emergencies in effect. >> thank you. now, let's turn to sam brock who's in ft. myers south of tampa. what are you seeing tonight ? >> reporter: i can't believe this system isn't lakeland were still feeling the effects we are in ft. myers along the coast. we are in a temporary respite in terms of the wind speeds. we've been getting clocked. there's so much storm surge. i can't see patches of street. i'm looking down. we are in a parking garage on the fourth floor.
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there is got to be five or six feet of water rushing through the streets. there was a river nearby and you could see the gaps where the water was coming up. now there's nothing. there's dumpsters where the water has reached the middle of the dumpsters. we had so many people saying no way that it will not happen. here's what worries me. looking at the population centers. i'm in lee county. 800,000 people. 400,000 people are under mandatory evacuations. the tampa bay area is 2 million people. you have sarasota which has 400,000. for those familiar with florida and you think of that expansive
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beach with the beautiful water out in the gulf of mexico. there are all these barrier islands up and down the west coast of florida. not just ft. myers beach. sanibel and pine island. they were all decimated by hurricane ian. thousands of people who are completely vulnerable to hurricanes and storm surge. you wonder what kind of conditions they are in with those areas. we are in feet of water that is coming through. high tide will come in tomorrow morning around 8:00. it means it continues to rise. on the other side of the state multiple confirmed deaths from one tornado. governor desantis said there was 19 that had touched down.
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reports of dozens more. we have no idea how much damage has been made from the tornadoes and how many fatalities may be associated with that. you are looking at a scenario where it will take days if not longer to sort this out. very scary. also shelters across the state. at last check there were 100,000 people in shelters as you have a quarter of the state of florida affected by a warning of some kind and mandatory evacuation. that's where things stand. >> i have more questions. do you need to step inside. it is so windy and loud where you are. do you need to move in a little. are you safe ? >> reporter: where's the fun in that ? i was trying to illustrate the depth of the water below. i'm sorry. this is a little too close.
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>> i want you to move in. you are mentioning people in sanibel and ft. myers. many of who just moved back to their home and rebuild their homes in the last year after the hurricane. those the houses have they been built differently this time because so many of them were wiped out ? are the structures different now ? >> reporter: yes. the structures are different. it has to do with the foundational building pieces. when you see the winds penetrate the homes and lifts the roofs off. it is different. i've had conversations with engineers about that. the reality is you have so many homes that were damaged in the process of being rebuilt. a few weeks ago with six feet of storm surge.
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for those folks trying to build their lives again to build out there again they were even done. there's been like four hurricanes that have hit this part of florida in the last year and that's not counting hurricane ian. it's a great question to ask. the construction centers have to change. >> sam, we are done. i'm not leaving this shot until i see you walk inside. you are so close -- keep moving. i'm going to leave you there. thank you. please stay safe. i want to bring in the fire chief in hillsborough county which includes tampa. what a 24 hours this has been for you and your team. what is the situation there now
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? >> it's been about 72 hours of preparation. the last 24 hours of stress on our folks. the landfall in siesta key. we are seeing the impacts of the storm. we are having a lot of flash flooding and rain. we had to stop running calls because of the high winds. >> you have urged residents to evacuate the area. many are staying behind. in part because they feel they just had a storm. how can this -- how bad can this be. has your team had to do rescues tonight ? >> i'm proud of our citizens. they heeded the warnings for the most part. we did have some folks that did not evacuate. we made 30 rescues up until
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9:00 this evening. as we compared to hurricane helene two weeks ago, we made over 1000 saves. i was a a residents heeded the warning and a lot of them evacuated. >> we are think about first responders. we saw the roof get pulled off of tropicana field in tampa. that's what many first responders that were not local or planning to shelter. what can you tell us about where they are going to go ? >> that's in pinellas county. i have not been in contact with them. they did lose some of the roof at the tropicana. that's 30 miles away from us. i'm not sure but i'm sure they have a backup plan. >> what advised you have tonight for folks that have not evacuated ? how should they protect themselves ? >> great question. my advice is to stay put where they are at.
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if you think the winds have gone down, we still are looking at a possible search. we have a reverse search. water will come back into the bay. what i would caution everyone is don't go out and about. you don't know where the electrical lines are. allow daybreak for fire rescue in the first responders to get out and clear the roads make sure it's safe for the folks to get out. i would encourage everyone to stay where they are at and don't move around. >> what will be your biggest challenge after the storm clears ? >> we will have to see what damage we have. we know will have a lot of debris cleanup and clean up debris we've been working on from hurricane helene. we have a resilient community. we have to look at our businesses, our residents and see how we can help them. >> thank you. good luck to you and your team.
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stay safe. when we return, will get the latest on hurricane milton's path across florida and talk to the leader of a group that's ready to jump in and help people after the storm passes. one of my favorites. team rubicon joins us when the 11th hour continues. hour conti. ♪ at each day's staaart ♪ ♪ as time went on, it was easy to seeee ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c ♪ jardiance works 24/7 in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type two diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital, yeast, or urinary tract infections. a rare, life threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop jardiance and call your doctor right away. if you have symptoms of this infection, ketoacidosis, or an allergic reaction. you may have an increased risk for lower limb loss. call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of infection in your legs or feet.
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we continue to follow hurricane milton. earlier tonight wins severely damaged tropicana field. no injuries were reported but are told there were people inside. i want to bring in nbc news
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meteorologist bill karen. we had 100 mile-per-hour wind gusts at tropicana field in st. petersburg. it tore the roof apart. like a canvas type roof that was reported. they will have to figure out what happened. st. petersburg has been the epicenter of heavy rain event. one thing that you notice with helene an hour storms, they are delivering more rain. that's what climate change teaches us. a warmer atmosphere can hold more water. more storms doing things like this. up to 18 inches of rain in st. petersburg with this storm in the last 24 hours. five inches fell between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. going into each year, the odds of this happening are like .01. as far as what will happen the
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rest of the night, the rainfall is letting up. there's a chance we can get 20 inches. the florida state record for the most rain in 24 hours is in the keys. 23 inches. we have roughly a third to a quarter of the state of florida on the flash flood warnings. this magenta color is a flash flood emergency. we know we have high water through this region know there's water rescues that will be needed once the winds died down enough which may not come till sunrise. this is exiting quickly. by 8:00 a.m., the storm is off the coast. it's south year of i-4. not too far away from orlando. this is where the heaviest rain has shifted. it's also windy and nasty up to volusia county. orlando has the heaviest rain right now and i'm sure the wind gusts are picking up along with it. the high risk of flash flooding continues through the night.
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we still are watching the water rising in ft. myers. we crested in naples. the water is going down. five foot water in the streets and in the buildings in ft. myers. in tampa, the water is low. in east bay, they had an anti- surge. the opposite of the water coming in. it dropped five feet. people can see the bottom of the entire bay by the shoreline. now, the water is creeping back in. there warning people not to walk around out there. the water will return. 79 right now in winterhaven. sarasota hit 102 and the power went out and we lost that engage. tampa gusting up to 82. the backside slapping pretty hard with the rain bands on the outer side. by midnight, tampa should be getting done with the hurricane gusts. by 2:00, 3:00 a.m., the topical storm winds should be dying
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off. by 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. the stronger winds will end. we've heard reports of numerous fatalities from the 20 was earlier today associated with the outer bans of milton. the storm has done it all. it will be gone by tomorrow and never have another name like this. will have to have a new storm with m. rubicon, art della crews. what a week it has been, tell us how your team has been preparing. after milton, many teams on the
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ground doing with helene, what is the plan now? >> it is a bit of extraordinary circumstance, we have 14 different teams across the southeast from tennessee to south florida, retrograde of the team in florida to keep them out of harm's way and we will reset the team. i'm at atlanta, georgia where we have two route clearance teams to help out with the destruction there. the reality is, this is a time we rely on volunteers that come from all over the country to meet this incredible need. >> what is your team's priority tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m.? >> number one, the priority is to keep volunteers safe and work closely with authorities to ensure we do our part, specifically with route clearance teams to move debris c so that first responders and emergency personnel and on recovery crews begin to do their work.
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we are taking a bite out of some of the barriers people will experience tomorrow. >> you have been on the ground for so many disasters, help us understand helene compared to other disasters you have faced i before. it u is unlike what many other recovery groups have told us they have seen. >> i think that helene was extraordinary, number one, the rapid intensification which we also saw with milton. the second thing unique about it was how quickly it made landfall and moved through georgia. the wind field damage was extraordinary. when it parked over north carolina, it brought back memories of hurricane harvey, which essentially bounced off the coast of texas and houston dumping huge amounts of rain. i think for milton as well, one of the things we will never forget is the sequence of events from the debris that clog up drainages to the
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extraordinary rainfall, the tornadoes. this sequence in particular, these two events is unbelievable for the citizens in florida and north. >> before we go, how can people help team rubicon? >> people support our mission, we would love to have you donate to team rubicon and sign up to volunteer because there's a lot of work ahead of us in the months to come. >> if you're thinking about doing anything like this, i had the opportunity to to volunteer with rubicon in fort myers, ub florida. extra ordinary opportunity, thank you for what you do and joining us tonight. >> thank you for having us. >> when we return, check with reporters on the ground as milton continues to hammer the t state of florida. es te planning and more. (other money manager) your clients rely on you for all that? (fisher investments) yes. and as a fiduciary, we always put their interests first. (other money manager) but you still sell commission- based products, right?
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we are still tracking hurricane milton in florida, as we saw a few moments ago, wind severely damage the roof on tropicana field in st. petersburg, florida. no injuries reported that we are told there were people inside at the time. i want to bring nbc news correspondent dana griffin in naples. what can you tell us where you are? >> reporter: where we are, we are experiencing 50 mile an hour wind gusts, you can see the trees behind me, at one point they were sideways so they come and go, they pick up and stop. we experienced rain earlier,
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not experiencing that at the moment. when the winds pick up, you can see it and hear it. i want to show video from inside the garage where we are stationed, there are metal parking signs that are hanging up above and the wind is forcing them against the concrete. you can see it there and probably hear it if you're listening, this is how powerful the wind is. more than 100 miles south of where the impact is where some of our other reporters were going from near tampa and sarasota. the storm surge here in naples has reached more than five feet, approaching six feet, we have not reached high tide yet so it is likely that amount of rain will increase the footage of the storm surge increase between 3:00 and 6:00 a.m., what local officials are reporting. we have had power issues in the area, you can see behind the this light that was lit, also in the distance, some areas
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that were well lit. the power went out, some 30,000 customers without power now. you can hear and see the wind gust happening as we speak and then it calms. that is what we have been experiencing throughout several hours here in naples. we are safe, hunkered down in a garage where we are protected from the extremities happening outside. obviously, precarious situation as the storm is passing through florida. earlier today, we were at naples beach where surfers were still in the water catching waves before milton came ashore. people say this is something that surfers do, they want to catch in on the waves before the hurricane hits. >> day, i hear loud banging behind you so i urge you to go inside, thank you for the update. for us in new york city, that does it. i wish you all a safe

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